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December 29, 2025, 2:27pm
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Estlcam10 ran fine in Bottles to generate gcode… it’s even in their Bottles AppStore. But it can’t flash its firmware to a CNC controller to be used as a controller for the CNC. Christian, himself, responded…
A question for Christian (@christian-knuell )…
I have Estlcam v10 (latest my current license allows) installed in Bottles on my Debian 13 “trixie” laptop. It seems to load up files and act like it wants to work for CAM. I then decided to try the controller functionality that you hinted might work… using a spare Arduino UNO.
When I go to “CNC Controller”… only COM ports are offered. Gemini suggested using the Registry Editor to map “COM3” to “/dev/ttyACM0” (path to detected Linux device). After …
Hello,
the hex unfortunately won’t help - if Estlcam cannot control the serial port to program the device it also won’t be able to use the port to control the machine later.
While the hex is no secret there is no static file as it is generated on the fly depending on configuration. The firmware itself is only a fraction of the data that needs to be programmed to the controller.
The question is if it is a permissions issue that Estcam simply isn’t allowed to connect to the port. This one shoul…